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blunderhead

blunderhead noun: someone who habitually makes mistakes or blunders.

Noun

blunderhead (plural blunderheads)

  1. Someone who habitually makes mistakes or blunders.
    • "What do you suppose I cared whether I waked you or not, you blunderhead.1871, Oliver Optic, Desk and Debit
    • At the rate of this thick-skulled blunderhead, every plow-jobber shall take upon him to read upon divinity."1851, Goold Brown, The Grammar of English Grammars
    Synonyms:
    fool

Synonyms of blunderhead

Forms of blunderhead

pluralblunderheads

Origin of blunderhead

From blunder + -head.

Questions about blunderhead

What does blunderhead mean?
Blunderhead means someone who habitually makes mistakes or blunders.
What part of speech is blunderhead?
Blunderhead is a noun.
What is the plural of blunderhead?
The plural of blunderhead is blunderheads.

Words near blunderhead in the dictionary

  1. blunderer
  2. blunderers
  3. blunderfest
  4. blunderfests
  5. blunderful
  6. blunderhead
  7. blunderheads
  8. blunderin'
  9. blundering
  10. blunderingly
  11. blunderings

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